Mario Goveia writes: "By its history and precedent, Goanet has been an open public forum for issues of interest to Goans, mostly Goa-centric, but with numerous exceptions, as long as these avoided personal abuse and the thoughts were expressed with reasonable civility. The beauty of an open forum is that members should be able to express themselves whithout worrying about the umbrage of others - who can respond and take issue if they choose to."
I agree with the postures Mario has taken on this issue. I do not read all the posts on Goanet. I read only the posts that interest me. I read a few lines from Selma's so called "vomiting" post and simply flipped to the next one on my digest. If somebody tries to offer me a glass of whisky and I don't drink it, I don't end up getting intoxicated. Nobody can intoxicate me without my permission. If Jose and Cecil are upset with Selma's posts, it is simply because they have deliberately chosen to be upset. It's as simple as that. On a related note, I found Sooraj Barjatya's movie "Hum Aapke Hai Kaun" plain silly and nothing but an extended version of Chayageet. However, there were others who disagreed with my taste and the movie went on to become an all-time Bollywood grosser. In that sense, Selma's post did not interest me but I wouldn't let it bother me either. Who knows, there may be people out there on Goanet who may actually like whisky! On the other hand, if Jose and Cecil keep talking about Selma's post, I might eventually end up hunting out the same from the archives and reading it even thought it was so very un-interesting in the first place! :-) Cheers, Sandeep